Table-dish



(K0 Model.) I V E.. A. PARKER.

7 TABLE DISH. No. 267,921. Patented Nov. 21, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMUND A. PARKER, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

TABLE-DISH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,921, dated November21, 1882. Application filed September 20, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that .I, EDMUND A. PARKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Table-Dishes,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which are a part of the specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improveddish, sectional as to cover, bowl, and drip-pan, and having cover thrownback. Fig. 2 represents the dish as used without drip-pan, and Fig. 3the drip-pan I 5 and cover separated from the dish.

Similar lettters represent similar parts in all the figures.

It is the object of my invention to provide an attractive and usefultable-dish which can be adapted to a variety of uses, be presented tothe eye in different forms, and achieve a maximum of convenience in itsvarious uses.

In the drawings, A is the base or foot of the dish; B, an upright post,vertical with the foot and securely fastened in the center thereof; C,the fruit-bowl or food-receptacle, fastened rigidly by screw or otherdevice, but removable therefrom.

D is a drip-pan or cover-supporter, arranged to be used inconnectionwith the dish when the articles contained in the dish requireice, ,or a cover is required. The drip-pan D is constructed with a tube,H, in the cen ter, firmly attached to the bottom of the pan, throughwhich is a hole correspondingwith the size of the tube, said tube beingofa size to fit the post B and revolve thereon. E is a cover attached toand readily detached from said pan. 0n the outside of the pan I placeears d d, through which holes are pierced extending through the sides ofthe pan. Rings orjoints e c are placed on the. cover E at points tocorrespond with the ears cl (1, which they fit closely at either end.

Through the joints 0 and cars at and the body of the pan, from side toside, is run a bolt, F, provided with headfand nut/' By removing the nutJ the bolt may be readily withdrawn and the cover removed. On theopposite side of the pan is a rest, 6 to support the cover when inplace. Y

On the bottom of the bowl or dish C, I solder a cap or star plate, 0,which strengthens the bowl. Through the center of this cap is 55 a hole,in which a thread is cut to receive the screw b on top of post B. I alsoattach to the drip-pan a support for spoon, knife, fork, or tongs,whichever may be appropriate in handling the contents of thefood-receptacle. It is obvious that the same results may be obtained byfastening permanently the post B to the food-receptacle and arrangingthe detachable fastening and revolving support below; but I prefer thearrangement above described.

I am aware that a butter-dish has been construoted in which the wholeupper portionis revolved on a pin set up inthe'base; but such a deviceis useless practically, for when a knife or spoon is used on any foodproduct havinga 7o comparatively firm consistency the dish revolving onits axis causes the food to retreat from the Knife or spoon, attendedwith the ordinary and usual result of depositing a portion of the foodon the table, and the defeat of the effort to convey any of it to theplate.

In my improvement the dish may be used for fruits or other food, or forflowers, independently of the revolving drip-pan or coversupporter andthe cover. When used in combination therewith it presents a rigid andimmovable food-receptacle, while the-revolving cover-support enables thecover to be readily revolved, so as not to he an impediment to access tothe contents of the dish. '85

I do not claim broadly a revolving dish.

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The base A, post B, and food-receptacle C, combined with a revolvingdrip-pan or other cover-supporter, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the base A, post B, and food-receptacle C with therevolving and detachable drips-pan or cover-supporter D, sub- 9 5stantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of the base A, post B, and food-receptacle C with therevolving and detachable drip-pan or cover-supporter D and the cover E,substantially as shown and described.

I. The combination, in a table-dish, of the drip-pan or cover-supporterl) and the cover E, held together by a detachable bolt, F, substantiallyas shown and described.

EDMUND A. PARKER.

Witnesses:

JAMES C. MURRAY, GEO. W. WALLACE.

